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can my visited pages can be tracked if I use private browsing

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Nishigandha143
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I work in a university LAN network is there and some websites are blocked by university except Facebook and YouTube and I visit YouTube and Facebook by opening private browsing window please tell me can my visited pages deails tracked by university under these conditions

I work in a university LAN network is there and some websites are blocked by university except Facebook and YouTube and I visit YouTube and Facebook by opening private browsing window please tell me can my visited pages deails tracked by university under these conditions

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Paul
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Hi

Whilst they may not be able to tell from looking at your browsing history, the University may be able to tell from looking at web traffic over the local area network.

Nishigandha143
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Can they track my visited pages when I am connected with LAN provided by university

Paul
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Yes. If they wish they could inspect the traffic moving over the LAN.